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Hardware & Infrastructure => Hardware => Topic started by: Hans Manhave on April 09, 2015, 01:50:22 PM

Title: How-to NTP settings
Post by: Hans Manhave on April 09, 2015, 01:50:22 PM
How does one set the NTP server on a switch?  I noticed mine had lost the settings which may be causing a problem.

I have the manual to the Dell 5548 switches.  It is not hard to set it to a manual time but I would like to have it synchronize to an external NTP server.  It demands an IP address unlike a name.
Title: Re: How-to NTP settings
Post by: Jeff Zylstra on April 09, 2015, 02:03:56 PM
Quote from: FWA on April 09, 2015, 01:50:22 PM
How does one set the NTP server on a switch?  I noticed mine had lost the settings which may be causing a problem.

I have the manual to the Dell 5548 switches.  It is not hard to set it to a manual time but I would like to have it synchronize to an external NTP server.  It demands an IP address unlike a name.

Here's some time servers you can use along with their respective IP addresses.
http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
Title: Re: How-to NTP settings
Post by: Jeff Golas on April 27, 2015, 04:32:29 PM
Most should be able to use a name as long as you also have DNS set up. If you have an internal domain controller that can act as your NTP as well.
Title: Re: How-to NTP settings
Post by: Mark on April 27, 2015, 04:38:48 PM
I generally sync one NTP server to an outside source and then sync everything else to that one.
Title: Re: How-to NTP settings
Post by: Bloody Jack Kidd on May 01, 2015, 03:19:33 PM
Quote from: Mark on April 27, 2015, 04:38:48 PM
I generally sync one NTP server to an outside source and then sync everything else to that one.

This is exactly what I do.